Onawa is a populated place in the U.S. state of
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...
. Onawa is located next to
Lake Onawa and lay along the former route of the
International Railway of Maine
The International Railway of Maine was a historic railroad constructed by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) between Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, and Mattawamkeag, Maine, closing a key gap in the railway's transcontinental main line to the port of Sa ...
. In 1919, a
major train wreck occurred two miles west of the Onawa railway stop.
["C.P.R. TRAIN WRECK KILLS 23, INJURES 50". '']New York Times
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'', December 21, 1919.
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Geography of Piscataquis County, Maine